Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

état-major

English translation:

Chief of Staff

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French term

état-major

French to English Social Sciences Military / Defense
Le chef d'état-major des armées
Change log

Jan 15, 2009 19:37: writeaway changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc." to "Military / Defense"

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Proposed translations

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Chief of Staff

Chef d'Etat majeur - that's the guy
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agree Vicky James
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agree Lingua 5B
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staff

chief of staff is chef etc.

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Chief of staff is the whole term
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Chief of the Defence Staff

For France:
"The Chief of the Defence Staff (French: Chef d'État-Major des Armées, CEMA) is the chief of staff of the Military of France and a minister (Conseiller) in the French government"

see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Fra...
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joint chiefs of staff

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Reference comments

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Reference:

D'une manière générale, un état-major est un organisme chargé de conseiller et d'assister un dirigeant. Utilisé à l'origine dans le seul domaine militaire, le terme est maintenant employé dans toutes les organisations complexes, grandes entreprises, administrations ou partis politiques, pour désigner la structure de direction ou le siège social de cette organisation.
Dans le domaine militaire, un état-major est composé pour l'essentiel d'officiers, ainsi que de personnel de soutien et est chargé de synthétiser l'information, d'aider à la décision, d'organiser, de planifier, de programmer, d'établir les ordres, d'en contrôler l'exécution, de suivre les évènements et d'en tirer les enseignements. On trouve des états-majors à tous les échelons des forces armées que ce soit l'unité (régiment, navire de guerre…), la force (brigade, division, escadre, armée…) ou encore au niveau central. Ils sont regroupé dans ce que l'on appellent un quartier-général.
Au niveau de l'unité, l'état-major désigne généralement l'ensemble des officiers.
Un état-major de force peut être permanent ou n'être constitué que pour l'opération pour laquelle la force est réunie. Il est interarmées s'il rassemble des éléments des trois armées (terre, mer, air). Il est multinational pour diriger une force rassemblant des éléments de plusieurs nations. L'état-major est dirigé par un chef d'état-major.
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